Wharfedale Lodge, Ben Rhydding Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire LS29 8RL
10 simple reasons to choose Moorfield School
Independent prep school and nursery in Ilkley.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 60% girls).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Moorfield School fees are £3,465 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Moorfield School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the best independent prep schools in Ilkley and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
On average, 11.8 pupils per class and 10.1 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for Moorfield School leavers are a small number of local grammar and selective independent schools with Harrogate Ladies College, Bradford Grammar, Skipton Girls' High School , Giggleswick, and Ilkley Grammar accounting for 80% of leavers.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, cookery, reasoning, French, Spanish. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for computing from Year 5.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Regular bushcraft sessions for each year group, and residentials from Year 4.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, music and drama (from Year 2) are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.15pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Moorfield School
Independent Prep Schools
Westville House School (2 miles); Ghyll Royd School (2.9 miles); Woodhouse Grove School, Bronte House (9.7 miles).
State Primary Schools
Ben Rhydding Primary School (0.6 miles); Ashlands Primary School (1.3 miles); Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Ilkley (1.4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Woodhouse Grove School (9.9 miles); Bradford Grammar School (11.8 miles); Bradford Christian School (11.8 miles).
State Senior Schools
Ilkley Grammar School (0.3 miles); St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy (4.9 miles); Guiseley School (5.9 miles).